C-SoDA Conference – New Faces in Political Methodology VI

New Faces in Political Methodology VI was held April 27, 2013, and featured:

Olga Chyzh (University of Iowa).

"Tell Me Who Your Friends Are: An Endogenous Model of International Network Formation and Effect." This paper was awarded best paper at the International Studies Association - Midwest 2013, and was published  (as "Dangerous Liaisons: An Endogenous Model of International Trade and Human Rights") in the Journal of Peace Research.

Olga is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Department of Statistics at Iowa State University.

Elizabeth Coggins (University of North Carolina).

"Beyond the Thermostat: Lessons from Policy-Specific Public Opinion," coauthored with James Stimson, Mary Layton Atkinson, and Frank Baumgartner.

Elizabeth earned her PhD in 2013 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado College.

Chad Hazlett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

"Kernel Regularized Least Squares: Moving Beyond Linearity and Additivity without Sacrificing Interpretability," coauthored with Jens Hainmueller. This paper was published in Political Analysis.

Chad received his PhD in 2014 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Statistics at UCLA.

Matthew Hitt (Ohio State University).

"Improving Inferences from Multiple Structural Change Models."

Matt earned his PhD in 2014 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University.

In Song Kim (Princeton University).

"Political Cleavages within Industry: Firm Level Lobbying for Trade Liberalization." This paper was awarded the 2013 International Political Economy Society best paper award, was included in his dissertation which was awarded the 2015 Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation in Political Economy from the American Political Science Association, and was published in the American Political Science Review.

In Song earned his PhD in 2014, and he is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT.

Jennifer Pan (Harvard University).

"Measuring the Goals and Incentives of Local Chinese Officials." This paper is forthcoming (as "How Chinese Officials Use the Internet to Construct their Public Image") in Political Science Research and Methods.

Jen received her PhD in 2015 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University.

Keith Schnakenberg (Washington University in St Louis).

"Scoring from Contests," co-authored with Elizabeth Maggie Penn. This paper was published in Political Analysis.

Keith received his PhD in 2014 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis.